Career of the Week: Historical Architect

March 20, 2011 • Taliah Dommerholt, Online Feature Editor  

Audrey Tepper is a Historical Architect for the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. 1.            What do you do for a living? I’m trained as an architect, but I specialize in the care and protection of historic structures throughout the United States.  The National Park Service... 

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Career of the Week: Production Manager

March 4, 2011 • Taliah Dommerholt, Online Feature Editor  

Kenneth Brown is the Production Manager for the mortgage origination branch of Monarch Bank. 1.       What does your job entail? I oversee mortgage loan officers and help them originate mortgage loans and manage the loans in their pipelines.  I recruit additional individuals in an effort to convince... 

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Career of the Week: Librarian

February 18, 2011 • Taliah Dommerholt, Online Feature Editor  

Barbara Ferry is a the Director of Libraries & Information at the National Geographic Society. 1. What made you choose your job? I have always admired National Geographic as a non-profit organization and a media outlet. I used to watch NatGeo programs and read the Magazine when I was a kid and it... 

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Career of the Week: Genetic Counselor

January 25, 2011 • Taliah Dommerholt, Online Feature Coeditor  

Barbara Biesecker is a genetic counselor and currently directs a graduate program in genetic counseling at the National Institute of Health and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. 1.       Can you describe your career? My professional training is in genetic counseling, which aims to help families... 

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Career of the Week: Diagnostic Radiologist

January 10, 2011 • Taliah Dommerholt, Online Feature Coeditor  

David Rothfield is a Diagnostic Radiologist at his practice, Shady Grove Radiology. 1.       What made you choose your job? The opportunity to combine a high tech field with the ability to help patients and their doctors figure out the puzzle of what may be wrong with them. 2.       How... 

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Welcome to the ‘Career of the Week’ Section

January 10, 2011 • Taliah Dommerholt, Online Feature Coeditor  

Readers, To enhance the feature section, we have added a weekly feature of the “Career of the Week.” On a weekly basis, we will be posting interviews with WJ parents concerning their careers and occupations, to provide students with first-hand information concerning different career paths... 

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